Documents & Speeches

Landmark speeches, primary-source documents and features from the decade that changed America — a companion to the HistoryCentral history of the Sixties.

The Sixties · Primary Sources

Documents & Speeches

Landmark speeches and primary-source documents of the 1960s.

Commencement Address at Holy Cross College. June 10, 1964 President Kennedy's TV Report on Situation at Univ. of Mississippi 9/30/62 President Johnson's Address to the Nation White House Announcement of Plans for the Funeral Rites for President Kennedy. November 22, 1963 TV Address To The Nation By President John F. Kennedy On Cuba- 10/22/62

The Sixties · Features

Features & Profiles

Violence in Selma 1965 Ethnicity Of Americans Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 THE OSCARS Monetary System Gemini 7 12/4/65 Rachel Carlson The EARLY SIXTIES Bendix Saturday Night Massacre

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